Saturday, April 23, 2011

Picking it up

200 B.C.E.
Diogenes Laertius (c. 200)
Liu Hong (fl. 178-187)
Wang Fan (217-257)
Diophantus of Alexandria (c. 250?)
Sun Zi (c. 250?)
Zhao Shuang (Jun Qing) (c. 260)
Liu Hui (c. 263)
Porphyry (c. 234-c. 305) (Malchus the Tyrian, Porphyrius)
Anatolius of Alexandria (fl. c. 269)
Sporus (c. 280)
Iamblichus (c. 250-c. 350)
Xiahou Yang (c. 350?)

The Chinese join the fray!
Now while this isnt the first instance of Chinese contributors to mathematics, it is the biggest!
This great trend continues for hundreds of years. When all humans have a chance of contributing to something, awesome things can happen.
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31 comments:

  1. fit4lifeApril 23, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    the Indians (Hindu Indians) developed zero

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  2. JHApril 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    I like where this blog is going.
    Following :D

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  3. April 23, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    What would we do without the chinese?

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  4. RonaldApril 23, 2011 at 12:10 PM

    like this!!!

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  5. JayPowerApril 23, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    Very interesting! never knew this ;D

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  6. MichaelApril 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    not a huge math fan, but great to know these type of things

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  7. JakeApril 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    And gunpowder..

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  8. 123mikeyd123April 23, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    who else? surely the chinese wernt the only ones

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  9. ScrogglezApril 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    idk what any of this means

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  10. Al3xaGApril 23, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    Chinese people everywhere

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  11. JbloggerApril 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    interesting!

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  12. WhitUKApril 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    brain powahhh bro

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  13. JakF101April 23, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Nice post!

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  14. TVRApril 23, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    MATH, I am a mathemomaniac (that is a real word, it means I compulsively count)! I love math!

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  15. Brandon SampleApril 23, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    i know this has nothing to do with what you are going for, but its crazy to think china and math have been around that long.

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  16. Danny MurphyApril 23, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Good stuff mate

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  17. AkioApril 23, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    Mathfag here, following!

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  18. Tatiana BoinaisApril 23, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    neat! thanks for sharing

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  19. ZRApril 23, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    really? i had assumed they spent the past few millenia fighting pandas and having rice-growing competitions... (first one to grow a grain wins... ready... GO!)

    interesting...

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  20. Entry Level TranslatorApril 24, 2011 at 12:04 AM

    Its a shame the western world isn't exposed to much of China's rich history

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  21. DeadlockApril 24, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    Hmmmmm.....

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  22. bananaconda.netApril 24, 2011 at 12:29 AM

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  23. bananaconda.netApril 24, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    What? Whoops, noo my comment. The Chinese have an amazing history rife with examples where scholarly study is encouraged. No wonder they have so many great mathematicians!

    http://www.bananaconda.net

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  24. NuminusApril 24, 2011 at 1:12 AM

    ohh nice. I'm starting a math blog too!

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  25. MoApril 24, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    thanks for sharing

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  26. biboaApril 24, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    world need to stop ignoring chinese

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  27. SanctorApril 24, 2011 at 2:08 AM

    Wow the Chinese Were indeed contributors

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  28. LichApril 24, 2011 at 2:40 AM

    Never heard about Chinese contributions to math, that's really interesting to know.

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  29. MarianApril 24, 2011 at 5:22 AM

    oh go china!

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  30. jaykaydeeApril 24, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    Crazy how far back it goes.

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  31. weirdnewstoriesApril 24, 2011 at 8:46 AM

    Actually, middle Easterners have been substantial in contributing in math as well, developing such things as algebra and the numbers we use today!

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